TÖNIGES, Werner
	PERSONALIA   Name:  Töniges, Werner Date of birth:  January 7th, 1910 (Oberhausen, Germany) Date of death:  January 25th, 1995 (Essen, Germany) Nationality:  German BIOGRAPHY:  Werner Töniges left the Merchant Marine in 1935 to join the Kriegsmarine. In 1936 he was appointed to the Battlecruiser Graf Spee and saw action during the Spanish Civil War. Töniges became a commander of a Schnellboot (MTB) in 1937 and was appointed deputy commander of the 1.Schnellbootflotille in 1940. Het left the sea for a job as Commanding officer at the Naval school at Flensburg-Mürwick in Septembre 1942. A year later he was appointed Referent and Reichsinspector for the Marine-HJ (Hitler youth of the Kriegsmarine) with the Oberkommando der Kriegsmarine. Between May 1945 and June 1946 het was a Prisoner of War with the British.       DIENSTAUSZEICHNUNG DER WEHRMACHT 4.KLASSE, 4 JAHRE Rank: Oberleutnant zur See Unit: Kommandant S.10 Awarded on: April 5th, 1939         SPANIENKREUZ, BRONZE MIT SCHWERTERN Rank: Oberleutnant zur See Unit: Kommandant S.10 Awarded on: June 6th, 1939         MEDAILLE ZUR ERINNERUNG AN DEN 1. OKTOBER 1938 Rank: Oberleutnant zur See Unit: Kommandant S.10 Awarded on: December 20th, 1939         EISERNES KREUZ 2. KLASSE Rank: Oberleutnant zur See Awarded on: June 24th, 1940         EISERNES KREUZ 1. KLASSE Rank: Oberleutnant zur See Awarded on: July 6th, 1940         SCHNELLBOOT-KRIEGSABZEICHEN Rank: Oberleutnant zur See Unit: Kommandant S.102 Awarded on: January 28th, 1941         RITTERKREUZ DES EISERNEN KREUZES Rank: Oberleutnant zur See Unit: Kommandant S 102 Awarded on: February 25th, 1941         VAPAUDENRISTIN 4.LUOKKA (VR 4) Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Captain-lieutenant) Unit: Kommandant S.102 Awarded on: November 4th, 1941         RITTERKREUZ MIT EICHENLAUB Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Captain-lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef i.d. 1.Abteilung Marineschule Mürwick Awarded on: November 13th, 1942         SCHNELLBOOT-KRIEGSABZEICHEN MIT BRILLIANTEN Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Captain-lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef i.d. 1.Abteilung Marineschule Mürwick Awarded on: November 16th, 1942 Action: He received the Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen mit Brillianten for a total of 143 operations.         KRIMSCHILD (STIFTUNGS AUSFÜHRING) Rank: Kapitänleutnant (Captain-lieutenant) Unit: Kompaniechef i.d. 1.Abteilung Marineschule Mürwick Awarded on: August 16th, 1943         Provide alterations or additional information Picture source:   - Wilco Vermeer Information source(s):   - Internationales Militaria Magazine, oktober-november 1996, nr 84, VDM, 1996